Sexual violence in the Tigray War

Sexual violence in the Tigray War^[1] included, according to the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, people forced to rape family members, "sex in exchange for basic commodities", and "increases in the demand for emergency contraception and testing for sexually transmitted infections".^[2]

As of August 2021^[update], the number of rape victims ranged from a minimum estimate of 512–516 rapes registered with hospitals in early 2021^[3]^[4] to 10,000 rapes, according to British parliamentarian Helen Hayes, and 26,000 women needing sexual and gender-based violence services, according to the United Nations Population Fund.^[5]^[6] Several claims have been made implicating both sides of the conflict in the systematic use of rape as a weapon of war against the civilian population.^[7]^[8]^[4]^[9]^[10]

^ "'Disturbing' rape allegations in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: UN'". Al Jazeera English. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021.
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^ "Ethiopia: Summary killings, rape and looting by Tigrayan forces in Amhara". Amnesty International. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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[AJE_rape_Tigray_War-1] "'Disturbing' rape allegations in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: UN'". Al Jazeera English. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021.

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[:0-9] "Ethiopia: Summary killings, rape and looting by Tigrayan forces in Amhara". Amnesty International. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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